let the gourd times roll

Farewell 🫡❤️

It's #BlackSpecFicMonth! Tune in to @sistahscifi.bsky.social #BlackSky #SpecSky

In other news, adding "is Trump showing signs of dementia" to your Google searches is an easy way to disable AI Overview in your results. www.theverge.com/news/789152/...

Unknown Lombard artist, Cats Singing, Directed by an Owl, c. 1700 (formerly Sotheby's)

A cartoon from my new book PHYSICS FOR CATS which comes out a week tomorrow! Preorder at you local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

We're five people away from hitting our 500th subscriber! Anyone want to help us get there?

Good soup 🎃 vs spooky soup 🦇

Daily bunny no.3094 has been caught red-handed

Happy Shutdown, Everybody! 🫠🫡

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted. My story:

There's more mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein Files than there are House Republicans in D.C. to keep the government open. youtu.be/SCC29wbuE8A

WE HAVE LIFTOFF www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Did y'all see that we are hiring? 🤠

The University of Chicago is now hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor of fiction writing. apply.interfolio.com/174642

A Day of Autumn is a children's book by Betty Miles, first published in 1967 and illustrated by Marjorie Auerbach. The book captures the sights and sounds of an autumn day, featuring elements like blackbirds, crackling leaves, a yellow school bus, and the whistling wind. #October

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge suspends Trump administration's plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at agency overseeing Voice of America.

The transistor and its applications by Wim van Bussel (1969)

Are you interested in covering politics in the Lone Star State? The Texas Observer is hiring an intern to help us cover the 2026 elections! Apply here:

I've been down the most fascinating rabbit hole this evening. A charity here in the UK called Heritage Crafts are giving bursaries for people wanting to learn endangered crafts. Just some of the crafts on the list: 1/

resolved: sandwiches taste better when cut diagonally

“While impressive for its size, the US Latino GDP is truly remarkable for its rapid growth.” "Latinos in the US represent a consumption market 20 percent larger than the entire economy of Italy and 24 percent larger than Brazil.” americasvoiceeducationfund.org/news/latinos... #HispanicHeritageMonth

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so many good ideas in here for getting moving on creativity when you’re in the doldrums or otherwise feeling stuck

Back to work [Jan Ekels the Younger, A Writer Trimming His Pen, 1784, Oil on panel, 28 x 24 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)]

There's a last minute #SaveVOA legal effort to halt tomorrow's mass firings ordered by USAGM "acting CEO" Kari Lake. Plaintiffs argue the terminations would make it impossible to comply with a federal judge's injunction to restore Voice of America programming to the level of its statutory mandate.

i love sunny autumn days 🍂☀️

Book Cover of the Day:

Multiple mascots at the Yuruverse event in Sumida Park yesterday.

Daily bunny no.3092 must seek an alternate route

The CitiCar is an Electric Cheese Wedge From the 70s youtu.be/ilIozuRmTQs?...

Everytime Butker misses a field goal, a woman gets to leave the kitchen.

I thought this one was gonna transform two day ago and he just kept eating, could not be prouder of my enormous son

Sunday

is there such a thing as toxic pragmatism?

[bursting into the “Daily Show” offices after 12 years, out of breath] “Med Bed Contention” in the “Red Dead Redemption” font! [runs away]

"The Cocoon" a poster for French magician Buatier de Kolta (né Joseph Buatier), 1887 (British Library, London)

Self-centered cat forces everyone to wear creepy costumes at her Halloween party so she can stand out as the only princess commission to @ BriarBlush on X

October 4th! That's Saturday! I hope you'll join me for the Somerville Zine Fest, it's going to be a fun time, lots of cool stuff and zines, zines, zines!

Rabbit and Coat of Arms, Hans Hoffmann, 1587. #InternationalRabbitDay

Hi. It's me. 2 weeks later. This is done. 58 frames over 3 seconds, *50* layers in the final image. WOO. This was a long edit, felt like ACTUAL work so unless I get it again with the actual sunset I doubt I'll be editing more like this. Psyched for the final piece tho! 🪶

The original post is even worse

Daily bunny no.3091 was a little overdue

Former NYC Mayor Giuliani has reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in its $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit over his baseless 2020 election-rigging claims. storage.courtlistener.com/rec...

We don’t talk enough about how racists and authoritarians are the ones who actually genuinely hate this country.

I finished up a few of these this week, and they’re available now!

Here's your homework, Texas: www.texastribune.org/2025/09/22/t...

everyone shut up this is important

lil guys 🎃🐈‍⬛️👻